Dame Barbara Cartland, DBE, CStJ (July 9, 1901 – May 21, 2000), born
Mary Barbara Hamilton, was an English author of romance novels, who was
one of the best-selling authors as well as one of the most prolific and
commercially successful of the twentieth century. Her 723 novels were
translated into 36 different languages, and she continues to be
referenced in the Guinness World Records for the most novels published
in a single year in 1976. As Barbara Cartland she is known for her
numerous romantic novels, but she also wrote under her married name of
Barbara McCorquodale. She wrote more than 700 books, as well as plays,
music, verse, drama, magazine articles and operetta she reportedly sold
more than 750 million copies. Other sources estimate her book sales at
more than 2 billion copies. She specialised in 19th-century Victorian
era pure romance. Her novels all featured portrait style artwork,
particularly the cover art. As head of Cartland Promotions she also
became one of London's most prominent society figures and one of
Britain's most popular media personalities, right up until her death in
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